J.W.’s News Update: Wednesday August 10, 2011

A Gurdon Arkansas High School Football players has died after collapsing during the teams practice session last night. The superintendent for the school says Montel Williams a sophomore at the school collapsed around 8:15 pm about an hour into the teams practice. The cause of death is being investigated.

Yet another traffic fatality to report in our area. The Texas DPS says 57 year old Debra Jean Rachel-Brown of Doddridge was killed when she lost control of her vehicle on FM 3129 in Cass County in Northeast Texas. Troopers say the vehicle left the roadway and struck a large mound of dirt on the side of the road.

The Texas Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners last night in Arlington 7-6 after trailing by three runs. Josh Hamilton had a walk-off rbi hit to finish the game and Ian Kinsler added a home run earlier in the contest.